Further Reading
This chapter barely scratches the surface of Smarty's full capabilities. Excellent Smarty documentation is available at the Smarty Web site, http://smarty.php.net.
There are a number of template systems in PHP. Even if you are happy with Smarty, surveying the capabilities of other systems is a good thing. Some popular template alternatives include the following:
HTML_Template_IT, HTML_Template_ITX, and HTML_Template_Flexy All available from PEAR (http://pear.php.net) TemplateTamer Available at http://www.templatetamer.com SmartTemplate Available at http://www.smartphp.net
If you don't know Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), you should learn it. CSS provides an extremely powerful ability to alter the way HTML is formatted in modern browsers. CSS keeps you from ever using FONT tags or TABLE attributes again. The master page for the CSS specification is available at http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS.
Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference by Danny Goodman is an excellent practical reference for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Document Object Model (DOM).
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